ZZ Moto restores a limited-edition Honda thumper… By the mid-1980s, the Paris Dakar Rally had become an immensely popular event on the world stage, and the big factories were competing hard to develop the […]
Tag: Honda XL600
Prairie Dog: Honda XL600 Desert Sled
Marmisto’s take on the classic Desert Sled – the Prairie Dog There are custom bikes with build sheets that read like expensive shopping lists, outfitting the machine in a dizzying array of high-spec bling, and […]
Honda XL600LM “Bulldog” by GPgarage Moto
The Honda XL600LM was a tribute to the HRC Paris-Dakar Rally machines of the 1980s. In 1982, Cyril Neveu won the legendary trans-Saharan race on an XR550, and Honda was intent on repeating that victory, […]
Honda XL600R “She-Tracker” by Alex Martino
In 1983, Honda introduced the XL600R, a street-legal evolution of the XR500 that could do an honest 100 mph, cruise at 75 on the highway, and then crush fire roads and dirt roads with the […]
“Bone Destroyer” Honda XL600R Flat Tracker
In France, BCKustoms (Breizh Coast Kustoms) continues to turn out of some of our favorite custom flat trackers and street trackers. Founder Yann Le Douche has quite the racing pedigree. He’s worked as a race […]
“Civetta” Honda XL600 Scrambler by Padova Dirt Custom
“Dirtstyle” Honda XL from Italy… The Honda XL600 is one of our favorite dual-sport bikes of the 1980s. The air-cooled RFVC radial valve engine offered 45 horsepower — solid punch at the time — and […]
Honda XL600R Street Tracker by Lloyd Brothers
David and Michael Lloyd of Lloyd Brothers Motorsports (LBM) have been involved in motorcycle racing for more than 25 years, with a heavy emphasis on flat track. In 2005, they campaigned the only Aprilia/Rotax-based flat […]
Honda XL600 Dakar by Andrew Greenland
We have been watching the builds of Andrew Greenland ever since his red Honda Dominator custom was featured on Bike EXIF years ago. Since then, Andrew has turned out a stable’s worth of froth-worthy Honda […]